| can see poor | Carrier Extension is |
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| network | detailed in subsection |
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| connections or | 35.2.3.5 in the IEEE |
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| excessive numbers | 802.3 specification. |
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| of dropped packets. | Carrier Extension can |
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| The interoperability | be used to pad the last |
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| issue arises when a | byte of a packet, so |
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| module with a ten | the packet is aligned |
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| bit interface (TBI) | on an even−numbered |
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| transmits an odd | boundary. |
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| byte packet to a |
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| receiver with a |
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| Gigabit |
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| media−independent |
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| interface (GMII). |
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Sun Microsystems | Unable to manually | Manually setting | Contact vendor technical | |
QFE Card | speed and duplex | support to obtain the | ||
set speed and | ||||
| only affects the first | latest driver to resolve | ||
| duplex correctly. | |||
| of four ports. | the issue. | ||
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Sun Microsystems |
| V1.1 can potentially | Contact vendor technical | |
v1.1 Gigabit Cards | Unable to establish | |||
not establish link to | support or v2.0 Gigabit | |||
| link. | |||
| switch. | Card. | ||
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| Full−duplex operation |
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| is only supported at |
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| 10 Mbps. Full−duplex |
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| is not supported at |
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| 100 Mbps. The |
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| LineMode keyword |
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| has no effect on |
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| performance at 100 |
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Xircom CreditCard |
| Mbps. If the |
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Ethernet 10/100 | Not negotiating or | LineSpeed keyword |
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CE3B−100 | operating correctly | is set to 100 Mbps |
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| at 100 Mbps, | and the LineMode |
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| full−duplex. | keyword is set to |
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| full−duplex, the |
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| LineMode keyword is |
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| ignored. Full−duplex |
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| at 10 Mbps is only |
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| available when the | Do not operate this NIC | |
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| adapter is connected | ||
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| at 100 Mbps, | ||
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| to a | ||
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| full−duplex. | ||
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| full−duplex−capable | ||
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| switch or hub. |
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Xircom CreditCard | Not negotiating 10 | The CE3 and, in some | On these adapters, in | |
Ethernet 10/100 | Mbps full−duplex. | cases, the CE3B are | order to operate in | |
CE3B−100 |
| not capable of | full−duplex mode, the | |
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| negotiating to 10 | LineSpeed keyword must | |
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| Mbps, full−duplex | be set to 10 Mbps, and | |
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| mode. | the LineMode keyword | |
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| must be set to | |
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| full−duplex. The cable | |
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